Sofia De Santos Tavarez
How do you determine a scope or work and what materials to buy?
Hello, my husband and I are looking to do our first rehab in a different city than where we live (we live in Austin and looking to buy in El Paso), and are wondering how one determines and writes a scope of work and d...
Robert Liu
New build with delta build services in Cape Coral
Hello, I was wondering if anyone would be able to provide me with some insights and experiences they have had with delta build services for building new homes in Cape Coral. I was referred to them from a turnkey compa...
Tanya Torres
Tips for out of state investing for 1st deal? CA is so expensive!
New to the BP Community and I have been diving in head first into research, podcasts & books to purchase my first investment property. I live in california & im wondering if it would make more sense to look fo...
Jamie O'Connell
Cash for Keys Thoughts
I know that most people preach about cash for keys, I have had two tenants I have tried it on and it has always lead to an even bigger headache and elongated the stress. I inherited one tenant when I bought a property...
Vicente Vitela
Going into debt to buy mentorship
New to investing was wondering if going into debt to pay for a commercial real estate coach is a good idea? I have about half of the “tuition” in cash and the other half i can get using my credit cards is this smart o...
Sam Poland
Financing first rental purchase
Hi everyone,I'm still relatively new to the idea of buying rental properties, and I'm having a hard time seeing how the payoff plan would work. My family and I live in Taipei, and we own a house in Massachusetts. We h...
Bryan Hancock
List of Self-Directed IRA Companies
I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:
1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...
Francis Faucher
New member from Canada interested in the US Market!
Hi everyone, my name is Francis. I'm from Montreal, Canada. I've been investing in real estate for more than a decade now. Worked on most asset classes in Canada (ground-up dev, multifamily, single-family homes, hotel...
Johanna V.
Tenant/Landlord Lawyer recommendation in Seattle - do I need one?
Hello BP -- I own and manage a property in Maple Valley, WA. It was a foreclosure which was remodeled to be able to rent it. After the work and when the house is first lived-in, first tenants usually find little detai...
Tom Jimenez
Using 401k to invest?
Hello to all! My wife and I just began educating ourselves a couple weeks ago about real estate investing and have a great many things to learn, but to get started we have considered using my 401k through my employer ...